Slow-Roasted Char with Fennel Salad

Name: Slow-Roasted Char with Fennel Salad
Cook time: 30 minutes
Total time: 50 minutes
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients: ½ cup unseasoned rice vinegar; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 teaspoon caraway seeds; 2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more; 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1 small fennel bulb, thinly sliced on a mandoline, divided; 1¼ pounds arctic char or salmon fillet; 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided; Freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1 tablespoon chopped preserved lemon peel; ½ cup dill fronds

By Chris MoroccoPhotography by Nicole Franzen

November 17, 2015

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Slow-roasting fish is to cooking seafood what bumper lanes are to bowling: the definition of foolproof—and still pretty fun. Learn how to make this recipe and more in our online cooking class with Sur la Table.

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